21st March 2018 By Clark Contracts Ltd
Over 200 people interested in a traineeship or apprenticeship in the construction industry attended a careers evening staged by Clark Contracts at its Head Office in Paisley.
The special event, which follows on from Scottish Apprenticeship Week, took place on Tuesday 20th March and attracted over 200 attendees who had the opportunity to meet the company’s recruitment team and current employees to find out more about careers at Clark Contracts.
Representatives from Glasgow Caledonian University, the Construction Industry Training Board, West College Scotland, City of Glasgow College and Invest in Renfrewshire also attended to speak to guests.
Clark Contracts’ Academy Manager, David Cooper, delivered presentations throughout the evening on the company’s apprenticeship opportunities, including numerous examples of staff members who started as apprentices and have progressed into other management roles within the company.
Also on hand to talk to attendees were a variety of Clark Contracts’ staff, including Quantity Surveyors, Contracts Managers, Marketing & Business Development executives, Estimators and Administrators.
Gordon Cunningham, Managing Director, Clark Contracts said, “We have met some very talented, skilled and enthusiastic people at a variety of levels, who could be a valuable addition to the team here and we look forward to further discussions with them. The number of parents who attended with their children was encouraging. As we work towards closing the skills gap in the construction industry, it’s important that parents and other influencers such as teachers buy in to what we are doing here with our Academy.”
Clark Contracts is now looking forward to its next Careers Evening in the East of Scotland on Thursday 22nd March at Edinburgh College’s Granton Campus. Those interested in attending should email eastcareersevening@clarkcontracts.com stating which discipline they are interested in.
Clark Contracts, listed as number 72 on the Sunday Times Best Companies to work for list, believes its employees are key to the successful delivery of projects and is committed to investing in new talent. Over 90% of employees said they felt they had opportunities to learn and grow and 96% of employees said they were proud to work at Clark Contracts, winner of the ‘Training Excellence’ award at the 2017 Construction News Awards.
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